Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Language & Literature

What goes up white and comes down yellow? An egg -- if you throw it in the air and don't catch it! Was that too easy? How about what goes ninety-nine bonk? A centipede with a wooden leg!) Or what gets wetter the more it dries? A towel of course. In this book you'll find a whole host of amazing ri...

"An inspirational and hands-on guide to creative writing of all kinds for budding young authors. Information and top tips on the building blocks of writing a story, including characterization, plotting, genre and dialogue. Dozens of enjoyable exercises designed to hone your creative writing skill...

The little ladybird is back, and now What the Ladybird Heard Next, bestselling picture book from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, has been adapted by author Julia Donaldson into a fun and accessible play script that children will love performing at school or at home. The What the Ladybird Heard N...

WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER? An embarrassed Penguin? A sunburnt elephant? A newspaper! Did those jokes make you laugh? Make you groan? Maybe a bit of both? There's a lot more where they came from. Collected here by jokesmith Gyles Brandreth are some of the best and worst jokes ever (p...

"Examines dragons in myth, culture, and folklore, and describes 'dragonlike' animals and where they live, including Komodo dragons, monitors, flying dragons, bearded dragons, and seadragons."

Collects ten stories of African folklore, from Amharic and Arabic tales to Shona and Zulu lore.